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Topic: Meike grip MK-6d for Canon 6D REVIEW (Read 19452 times)

Marsu42, thanks, nice to get a reply from somebody who actually studied chemistry (though ye, I thought that toxins don't always come as a bubbly green liquid : ) ... however some googling suggested that there might be a "phthalates smell")btw. I had it outside for three days, took it for a short shoot today, still smells, is now back on the balcony... and I'm thinking I shouldn't see the movie as it probably won't calm me down about this... then again, for some reason I felt like having a burger after seeing Super Size Me : )

thanks, nice to get a reply from somebody who actually studied chemistry

... though I should mention it was quite some time ago and "only" for 2 years, but I did all the basic cooking and theory and have a general idea what might be toxic - which is a lot and becomes more every day, which is part of a reason I didn't end up as a chemist :-o

... however some googling suggested that there might be a "phthalates smell")

Ah, well, if you googled it I rest my case :-p ... no, really, I don't want to downplay it and phthalates are banned in Europe for children's toys for a reason. The sad truth is that it's a global scandal, the issue is very complex and cannot be narrowed down to "smell" and you're probably already stuffed with phthalates thorough the food chain (plastic wrappings, esp. in fat foods).

So no smell is better than the a supposed toxic smell, but if you fail to produce children the reason probably won't be the Meike grip :-o ... but please let us know if the smell gets better after a week or so?

I bought the grip from Ayex. Seems to be identical. But its taste is neutral, not unpleasant.95€ @ amazon. Fuction is ok. Buttons are well built and the pressure, you need to push is the same like on the camera.

So, it was a good deal. 265€ for the Orirginal Grip is a little bit to much

I recently started buying all plastic items, cables, tripod plates, ... from China via eBay, up to €22 there's no tax or vat, up to 150€ only vat (MwSt) ... even considering the fact domestic importers have to pay both and add a profit, the price for plastic items is ridiculously high via Amazon Germany, I'd rather wait 2-3 weeks for a delivery from around the globe.

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I started ebay shopping with buying cheap radio flash riggers I think (they work fine and sooo much more affordable than what local stores offer). Most things work great (e.g. the triggers, rapid strap, godox flash, reflector), but some less (bought a cheap ND, just to try it out and it was not so neutral and a center pinch cap for 0.99gbp seems to be too shallow and I'm afraid its going to touch the front element) so I'm still buying rather cheap things with huge price difference to similar items that can be bought locally, though some were over 22eur (none over 150 though) and I was never charged import tax or vat yet (I'm in EU as well).

Using ebay uk, my meike 6D grip was about 30euro including shipping. I thought about batteries for it as well, they can be bought for about 7,50eur and even state higher capacity, but there were some discouraging posts on the forum so I think I will go safe and get some from a local store.